Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril By Margaret Heffernan Review by Douglas Balzer Willful Blindness engages the complexity of one of the most pervasive issues we face as human beings: not recognizing what is right in front of us and visible....
Perfect Square by Michael Hall Review by Ashley Linne My schedule is pretty crazy. I bet yours is, too. I’m a doctor of ministry student and also a mom of a preschooler, so there are days I spend hours upon hours in books. If that’s a result of a busy schedule,...
The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ by Andrew Klavan “I was forty-nine years old and about to be baptized a Christian. No one could have been more surprised than I was. I never thought I was the type. I had been born and raised a Jew and...
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Paul Kalanithi’s memoir When Breath Becomes Air (2016, Random House), tells the devastating story of a brilliant young doctor who was diagnosed with cancer just as he was finishing his training to be a neurosurgeon....
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire (Harper Collins, 1995), is a fairytale spun from a fairytale. As the title suggests, this book is derived from...
Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians: Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C. S. Lewis by Chris R. Armstrong A friendly crush of people gathered recently at Anselm House, a study center at the University of Minnesota, to “get medieval”...
